It's Women's History Month, so I've asked Priscilla Pope-Levison, author of the new book, Building the Old Time Religion: Women Evangelists in the Progressive Era (NYU Press, 2014) to contribute a couple of important posts. (I just happen to have an in with her!) Here is her first post, with a photo of Evangeline Booth, who was for 30 years commander of the Salvation Army in the USA._________________Visit dusty archives around the country, even into Canada, and you’ll discover a slew of s … [Read more...]